Now, most of you know that when I cook, I usually switch up the ingredients a bit. Either leaving out a certain ingredient that I don't care for (mushrooms) or adding peppers and onions since I cook with a lot of peppers and onions!

Well, when I make these yummy Twice Baked Potatoes, I follow the recipe almost exactly. Each and every time! They are that good. They are pretty basic and easy too! Making this recipe a keeper!

Place sliced butter, bacon bits, sour cream and seasoned salt in the bottom of a large mixing bowl.

Remove baked potatoes from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.

Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

Hold potato with a clean towel or pot holder and slice in half lengthwise.

Scrape the potato pulp into the mixing bowl with the butter, bacon, sour cream. Don't scrape too much, leave a little "meat" on the skin. Be careful not to tear the skins when scraping.

Place the potato skin "shells" onto the baking sheet.

With a hand masher, mash the potatoes with the other ingredients in the bowl, until they are the texture you like. I like the potatoes a bit lumpy (or rustic, as I like to say) for this recipe.

Add the shredded cheese (and pepper, to taste).

Mix until well combined.

Stuff the potato skin shells.

Top with additional cheese.

Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.

Notes:

Costco sells really HUGE baking potatoes that work great for this recipe.

Use the real bacon crumbles found in the salad dressing aisle of your supermarket. Don't use the crunchy dehydrated "bacon" bits. Or, real bacon leftover from breakfast would work great too.

I mentioned that I almost follow this recipe exactly each time. Sometimes I switch out the shredded cheese for whatever is in my cheese drawer. Usually we have plain cheddar or colby jack or the combination of the two. Taco cheese would be great in this recipe too!

Depending on how full you stuff the shells (or if you ripped a couple when scraping) will depend on how many serving you get from this recipe. When I use the big potatoes from Costco, I usually get 12-14 stuffed potato shells. These are big, so each potato shell is one serving. Since it's just the 2 of us, (Grace won't try potatoes right now) I freeze the rest of the potatoes for future meals.

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Hello! Welcome to Under the Big Oak Tree! My name is Alison, I'm a stay at home mom and housewife. I enjoy cooking healthy, frugal meals for my family. As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a mom. That dream finally came true when my daughter was born. She's the best thing to ever happen to me!